Luciana Aymar
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| Full name | Luciana Paula Aymar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 10, 1977 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | GEBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fisherton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jockey Club de Rosario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Rot-Weiss Köln | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Rugby Club Polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Quilmes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008– | GEBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–1998 | Argentina Junior | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998– | Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| Infobox last updated on: November 18, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luciana Paula Aymar (born August 10, 1977) is an Argentine field hockey midfielder. She is the only player in history to receive the International Hockey Federation World Player of the Year award seven times.[1]
Aymar is known for her ability to beat opposing players using her dribbling skills, for which she has been compared with Argentine football idol Diego Maradona.
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[edit] Career
Aymar started playing at age seven for Club Atlético Fisherton, in her native Rosario. She moved to Jockey Club de Rosario six years later. Eventually, she began training with the junior national team, for which she had to travel every day to Buenos Aires. In 1997, she was part of the national team that won the Pan American Games Junior Championship, and a year later she debuted with the senior national team, finishing fourth at the World Cup. She was also the youngest Argentinian to be accepted into the squad, at just 16.
Aymar is part of a generation in Argentine field hockey that has won several international tournaments from the 1999 Pan American Games on, including an Olympic silver medal, and three Champions Trophies. Nicknamed La Maga ("The Magician"), her outstanding performances have driven her to be chosen as the FIH player of the year seven times. She carried the flag for her country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aymar take Argentina to win the World Cup in his hometown Rosario on the brand new stadium.
[edit] Awards and honours
[edit] Club
- European Club Championship: 1998
[edit] International
- Argentina Junior
- Pan American Games: Gold Medal (1997)
- Junior World Cup: Bronze Medal (1997)
- Pan American Games: Gold Medal (1999, 2003, 2007), Silver Medal (2011)
- Summer Olympics: Silver Medal (2000), Bronze Medal (2004, 2008)
- Champions Trophy: Gold Medal (2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012), Silver Medal (2002, 2007, 2011), Bronze Medal (2004)
- World Cup: Gold Medal (2002, 2010), Bronze Medal (2006)
[edit] Individual
- Champions Trophy's Player of the Tournament: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012
- FIH World's Best Player of the Year (7): 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- World Cup Player of the Tournament: 2002, 2010
[edit] References
- ^ "Luciana Aymar, otra vez la reina del planeta" (in Spanish). Cancha Llena. 2010-11-12. http://www.canchallena.com/1324170-luciana-aymar-otra-vez-la-reina-del-planeta. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
[edit] External links
- "Luciana Aymar: The Hard Way to the Top" – WorldHockey
- "Aymar collects record third WorldHockey crown" – FIH
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Preceded by Alyson Annan |
WorldHockey Player of the Year 2001 |
Succeeded by Cecilia Rognoni |
Preceded by Mijntje Donners |
WorldHockey Player of the Year 2004–2005 |
Succeeded by Minke Booij |
| Preceded by Minke Booij |
WorldHockey Player of the Year 2007–2010 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Juan Martin Del Potro |
Olimpia de Oro 2010 |
Succeeded by Lionel Messi |
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Argentine people of French descent
- Olympic field hockey players of Argentina
- Las Leonas players
- Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic silver medalists for Argentina
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
